Libraries News Round-up: 7 April 2016

Public Libraries News : 7th April
Editorial | The other 11% are misinformed:  89% say public libraries are crucial
http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2016/04/the-other-11-are-misinformed-89-say-public-libraries-are-crucial.html

Doughty Street Chambers : 6th April
High Court quashes decision to close Shropshire Library
http://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/article/high-court-quashes-decision-to-close-shropshire-library

THE BOOKSELLER : 7th April
Teachers’ union votes for school library Ofsted inspections
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/teachers-vote-library-ofsted-inspections-326058

Darlington & Stockton Times : 7th April
MP visits Mount Pleasant primary school to hear children’s concerns about libraries
http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/14411175.MP_visits_Mount_Pleasant_primary_school_to_hear_children_s_concerns_about_libraries/

Swindon Advertiser : 7th April
Letter | ‘Keep Libraries Open’  – R.G. O’Sullivan
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http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/yoursay/14410552.Letters__April_7__2016/

Harrogate Advertiser : 7th April
North Yorkshire libraries lose 34 per cent of paid staff in five years
http://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/north-yorkshire-libraries-lose-34-per-cent-of-paid-staff-in-five-years-1-7840629

North Devon Gazette : 7th April
New Devon library service goes live 
http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/news/new_devon_library_service_goes_live_1_4487011

THE GUARDIAN : 6th April
Authors support occupation of south London library in protest against closure
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/06/authors-support-occupation-carnegie-library-by-protesters-against-closure

Stoke Sentinel : 6th April
Staffordshire | Libraries to be taken over by volunteers
http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Read-Libraries-taken-volunteers/story-29065027-detail/story.html